End-gage or siding-jack



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END GAGE 0R SIDING JACK.

No. 360,088. Patented Mar. 29, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT, OFFICE.

CAMILLUS DUN BAR, OF GLENVVOOD, MISSOURI.

END-GAGE OR SIDING-JACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 360,088, dated March 29, 1887.

' Application filed June 11. 1886. SerialXQQOSAGi. N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CAMILLUS DUNBAR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Glenwood, in the county of Schuyler and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in End-Gages or Siding- Jacks; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invent-ion, such as will enable othersskilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention consists in an improved weather-boarding end-gage or siding-jack.

Heretofore in building frame houses it has been customary to employ a wooden block as an end-gage when it is desired to mark off the pointat the end of the weather-boards at which they shall be sawed, so as to insure a proper fit between the ends thereof and the end casing. Such blocks are apt to get cut with the knife in marking the boards and thus become untrue, and as they have to belaid aside after each use they are not only not handy to the workman but frequently get mislaid and knocked off the scaffolding and lost.

It is the object of my invention to avoid these objections and to produce an end-gage or siding-jack which cannot be injured by the cutting-knife, will hook over and rest upon the board while in use, and is adapted to be automatically held between the weather-boards already in position, when not in use, within convenient readiness to the hand of the workman.

To this end my improved end-gage or siding-jack consists of a strip of metal having right-angledshaped ends to permit of thejack resting snugly upon and against the face of the board when placed against the casing for gaging the end and extending across the side edges of said board, and having at its upper end a downwardlyextending lip or flange which hooks over the upper edge of the board and thus holds the gage thereon while in use, and with an upwardly-extending flange or lip which, when the gage is not in use, can be slipped between a pair of boards already in position and there hold the gage within easy reach of the workman.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my improved end-gage or siding-jack. Fig. 2 represents a section of one side of a frame house under construction with my improved gage or jack in use, this view also showing the gage or jack out of use and placed in position between a pair of attached boards in convenient access to the workman. Fig. 3 represents modifica tions.

The end-gage or siding-jack consists of a strip of some suitable metal, 1such as iron, steel, or brass. It may be cast or formed in any other suitable or desired manner.

2 represents the central flat portion, which, when in use, rests upon or against the outer face of the board being gaged. Each'end is bent or extends downwardly or inwardly at a right angle, as represented at 3 3, and thence outwardly, as shown at 4 4, so as to form at each end an inner shoulder, 5, and thereby permit of the gage embracing the board and resting snugly against the-outer face and each edge thereof. By this construction the gage or jack will rest snugly upon the face of the board, and by forming it of metal a uniformlystraight edge will be presented to the cutting or scoring knife, whereby a true sawing-line can always be drawn on the board.

6 represents a downwardly-extending flange or lip extending from the inner face of the flange 4 at the upper end of the gage, and 7 represents a tongueor lip extending upwardly from the top flange, 4. This tongue or lip may be either corrugated, as shown, orit may have a plane surface. It and the depending flange, lip, or hook 6 may be of spring metal, and may be either formed in, one piece and riveted to the flange or lip 4, as represcntedin Figs. 1 and 2, or said hook 6 and lip 7 may be formed separately and separately attached to the flange 4, or either or bothof these parts may be formed integrally with the remaining portion of the gage. In use the board to be placed in position is held against the casing 8, the hook 6 is hooked over the upper edge of said board, and the part 2 placed across the face of the board with its flanged end embracing the lower edge of the board. The workman then rests his scoring-knife against the outer edge of the gage and draws it along the board, using the edge of the gage as a guide forhis knife. .The scoring having been accomplished, the workman then removes the gage and pushes the tongue 7 up between any two of the boards already nailed in position on the frame of the house, as represented at 9 in Fig. 2, said tongue thereby holding the gage securely within easy reach of the hand of the workman for future use. \Vhile said tongue may be made with a plane face, it is desirable that it be corrugated, as thereby it will secure a firmer hold between the boards when suspended out of use. By means of the hook 6 the gage is securely held in position upon the board whilein use, insures the gage being held steady and true,andprevcnts its beingknocked off or aside by anyjar. orjack with the curved or inwardly-projecting ends and downwardly-extending flanges it will rest snugly and truly against the casing, and the gage will thus be brought squarely across the weather-boarding or at such an angle when used on the gable-ends of buildings that the boards will fit when sawed to the scoring-line made by running the knife along the edge of the gage.

Having thus described inyinvention, what I claim is-,

1. An end gage or siding -jack having a straight body portion to rest upon and across the weather-board, curved or angular ends ex,- tending inwardly from and transversely of the body portion and integral therewith to enr brace the side edges of the board, and straight end flanges extending from the right-angled ends in a direction parallel with the body to rest against the casing or framingof the house.

2. An end'gage or siding -jack having astraight body portion to rest upon and across By forming the gage the weather-hoard, curved or angular ends to straight end flanges to rest against the casing or framing of the house, and having a depending flange or hook at its upper end to hook over the upper edge of the board and hold the gage in operative position thereon.

3. An end-gage or siding -jack having a straight body portion to rest upon and across embrace the side edges of the board, and

the weather-board, curved or angular ends formed integrally with the body portion to embrace the side edges of the board, and end flanges extending in a plane corresponding with that of the body and formed integrally,

board and also to rest against and gage said jack relatively to the casing, a depending hook or flange at its upper end to hook over the top edge of the board, and an upwardly-extending flange or lip for securing the automatic suspension of said gage when out of use, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

oAMrLLUs DUNBAR.

Witnesses:

WM. LOGAN, A. H. F. SMITH. 

